The role of urine cytology for 'decoy cells' as a screening tool in renal transplant recipients

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 543-547

  Ranzi, Alana Durayski ^a   Prolla, João Carlos ^a   Keitel, Elizete ^a   Brackmann, Rosicler ^a   Kist, Roger ^a   Dos Santos, Giovana Tavares ^a   Bica, Claudia Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell biology; Kidney transplantation; Polyomavirus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS INFECTION; CELL DEGENERATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY INFECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE CYTOLOGY;

EID: 84867710952     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341425     Document Type: Article

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